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Deformation of a planar sinusoidal elastic beam

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The load-deformation curves of sinusoidal shaped elastic beams under tensile end loads with and without distributed loading along the beam proportional to the local displacements have been determined.

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Die Last-Verformungskurven von sinusförmigen elastischen Balken mit Endnormalkräften, mit und ohne Streckenlast entlang des Balkens proportional zu den örtlichen Verformungen, sind bestimmt worden.

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Basu, A.J., Lardner, T.J. Deformation of a planar sinusoidal elastic beam. Z. angew. Math. Phys. 36, 460–474 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00944636

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